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Essex County Council's Traffic Control tweeted: "FULLY BLOCKED between Rettendon (A132) ad the Howe Green Interchange (A12 J17) following an overturned lorry. There is one lane BLOCKED on the southbound carriageway."

A number of emergency services are already reportedly at the scene.

Witnesses have reported at least five or six police cars in attendance alongside fire crews from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service.

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